Cited by 250Algal biology and biofuel productionMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBioenergy crop production and management

Comparative cost analysis of algal oil production for biofuels

Sun, Amy, Davis, Ryan, Starbuck, Meghan, Ben-Amotz, Ami, Pate, Ron, Pienkos, Philip T.·2011·Energy

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  • A two-fold increase in both lipid yield and algal production could improve the cost structure of the business by half.

    “The sensitivity analysis in the same paper showed that a two-fold increase in both lipid yield and algal production could improve cost structure of the business by half.”
  • There is no strong correlation between production scale and the cost of producing algal oil because of increased capital costs associated with the infrastructure required for algal cultivation.

    “Sun et al. (2011) carried out a rigorous comparative cost analysis that revealed no strong correlation between production scale and the cost of producing algal oil because of increased capital costs associated with the infrastructure required for algal cultivation.”

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Authors
Sun, A., Davis, R., Starbuck, M., Ben-Amotz, A., Pate, R., & Pienkos, P. T.
Affiliations
  • Sandia National Laboratories (US)
  • National Laboratory of the Rockies (US)
  • New Mexico State University (US)
Corresponding author
Sun, Amy
Venue
Energy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-08
Volume
36
Issue
8
Pages
5169-5179
ISSN
0360-5442 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2060507005
Cited by
250
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 32 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 18
FWCI
11.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Energy (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • National Nuclear Security Administration
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Sandia National Laboratories
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
Keywords
biofuels, cost analysis, economic feasibility, uncertainty, algal biofuels

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